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AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJi-won Chun, Dae-dong Kim
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A terminal control apparatus and a central control apparatus may control at least one terminal device that consumes energy in an energy management system while obtaining the same effect as when virtual equipment is used. A first terminal control apparatus may receive a control command related to a first terminal device from a central control apparatus or a second terminal control apparatus included in the energy management system. The first terminal control apparatus may determine whether the first terminal device matches the first terminal control apparatus, and selectively transmit the control command to a third terminal control apparatus or selectively control the first terminal device according to the control command, based on the determination.
A first terminal control apparatus used to control at least one terminal device that consumes energy in an energy management system, the first terminal control apparatus comprising:
A method of controlling at least one terminal device that consumes energy in an energy management system, performed by a first terminal control apparatus, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing a method of controlling at least one terminal device that consumes energy in an energy management system, the method performed by a first terminal control apparatus, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-0122399, filed on Nov. 22, 2011, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
1. Field
One or more aspects disclosed herein relate to a system and apparatus for managing and controlling energy, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for easily managing and controlling energy by grouping terminal controllers.
The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a conventional energy management system;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of an energy management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
The present invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those of ordinary skill in the art. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail if it is determined that they would obscure the invention due to unnecessary detail. The same reference numerals represent the same elements throughout the drawings.
As used herein, expressions such as “at least one of,” when preceding a list of elements, modify the entire list of elements and do not modify the individual elements of the list.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.